The war news from Poland is chiefly from the distrIcts
of Balisch, Lublin, and Radom. In Kalisch Taczanowski's corps is said to have sustained a severe repulse, but to have effected its retreat. If the latter part is true, the repulse cannot have been very severe, for superior forces, with cavalry and artillery, would easily have destroyed an irregular division once beaten. The fact is that the Polish tactics are mostly never to venture into the open field. They line the woods through which a Russian corps is to pass, open fire, and disperse if they find themselves too weak to charge. In the palatinate of Lublin there have been several engagements. Polish accounts claim two victories on the 23rd ult. at Wysolice, near Krasnik, and on the 31st at Tanow, by the insurgents under Kruk, Wierzbicki, Rudski, and perhaps others. The Russians claim a victory over these same corps at Boruchucz on the 24th, when they profess to have killed the leaders and taken 634 prisoners. Both accounts cannot be true, and as the Polish are the latest and the Russian have not been telegraphed, we suspect that the insurgents who moved in great force into those parts ten days ago to cover the entrance of fresh troops have probably had the advantage. They are said to meditate attacking the city of Lublin, which is unfortified,- but garrisoned by 6,000 troops in detached blocks of houses or outside the town. In Radom there have been two fights, each aide claiming the victory ; but here, again, the Poles probably were successful, as it is known that they were lately able to interrupt the railway that what are called engagements in this war are often mere skirmishes, perhaps even without any hand-to-hand fighting or pursuit on either side.
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